ATLANTA – Shooting 57.7 percent in the first half and 54.7 percent for the game, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock rolled to a 75-55 win over Georgia State in Sun Belt women's basketball at the GSU Sports Arena Saturday afternoon.

Junior guard Alexius Dawn was the main sparkplug with a career-high 21 points on 8 of 11 field goals that included 5 of 8 3-point baskets, while making six assists. Preseason Sun Belt Player of the Year Taylor Gault added 21 points as well. UALR (9-2, 2-0), sitting at No. 38 in RPI, took advantage of Georgia State's foul trouble to also post a 34-29 rebound advantage.

Host Georgia State (6-5, 1-1) shot just 19 of 54 field goals (35.2%) and made just 3 of 15 3-point shots. Only Alisha Andrews was able to score in double figures with 11 points and a pair of treys.

The Panthers had been riding the crest of 6-foot-4 center Brittany Logan's four consecutive double-doubles and six consecutive double-figure rebounding games to win three of its last four games. Today, she was whistled with two offensive fouls without the ball before four minutes had been played and spent the rest of the half on the bench. When Logan returned in the second half, she scored six quick points and grabbed three rebounds in five minutes before getting the third foul. Once again, she exited to the bench. When she returned for another minute, she was whistled for her third offensive foul without the ball and fourth overall, then drew a technical foul for her fifth foul and her day was over in less than 11 minutes.

UALR started the game making all six of its first shots in building a 13-4 lead at 15:12. The smallest player on the court, 4-foot-11 Andrews hit a three-point basket and another jumper to help GSU back to a 17-17 tie at 10:45.

When freshman Kennesha Nichols scored at 9:01, that basket gave Georgia State its only lead of the game at 19-17. A pair of treys from UALR's Dawn ignited a run that saw the Trojans finish the half on a 22-7 over the last nine minutes. During that stretch, GSU had a technical foul called on Coach Baldwin-Tener as well.  UALR shot 15 of 26 field goals in that first half, while GSU was just 9 of 30.

In the second half, Georgia State could never get the margin under 10 points. The Panthers closed to 41-30 at 18:55 and were down 12 points at 59-47 at 9:03 and Andrews' trey was off the rim that could have cut it to nine points. About a minute later, Logan got her technical and fifth foul and UALR re-built the margin to 22 points at 69-47 at the 7-minute mark.

”UALR is obviously a good basketball team and we have to shoot the ball better to win games like this,” coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener said. “Some of the calls probably effected how we played and we'll learn to respond and to play through the adversity. We have been rebounding well all season, but we couldn't do that today without Logan's help. Our defense was poor today as well, as evidenced by their shooting percentage.”

NOTEBOOK:

• Team has won three of last five games and will host Texas State on Monday Night at 5 p.m.
• Team is 5-4 at home this year.
• GSU had a rebound advantage in 7 of previous 10 games and 19 of previous 24, but without Logan were a -5 today (34-29). GSU had grabbed 40 or more rebounds in four of the previous five games.
• Logan was averaging 11.9 points and 10.4 rebounds (No. 34 in the NCAA). Today, she could log just 11 minutes on the court with 3 of 3 field goals for six points and four rebounds.
• Andrews' double-figure game today was the 55th of her career (1,078 total).
• GSU's 55 points is a season low for a team averaging 73.2 per game (No. 61 NCAA).
• Georgia State forced 16 UALR turnovers and had 11 steals today. It was the fourth double-figure steal game of the season.